Human Comedy - Humanity 11

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Location: Repayment Festival Stage (Va)

Shu: Aah, that was the height of my youthful impetuosity… How embarrassing.

Although, at the time, I also thought of you as something otherworldly, something akin to a fairy. I feared that if I took my eyes off you for even a second, you might vanish.

That’s why I couldn’t possibly restrain myself, and leapt from the second floor window. I absolutely couldn’t allow you to escape me...♪

Nazuna: You’re actually a really smart guy, so how come you turn into an idiot every so often?

Mika: ...Haha.

Does that mean there was a chance that, dependin’ on how Oshi-san was lookin’ back then, the unit name coulda been “Zombie” or “Vampire” instead?

Shu: I suppose. Though I probably would have made some adjustments to it in order to make it sound more beautiful.

Mika: I see… Here I was thinkin’ it had some kinda profound meanin’, but it’s actually surprisingly random.

So there’s no deeper meanin’ behind the name “Oshi-san”, either?

Nazuna: Ah~... This guy’s name is “Shu”, right? So “Shu-san” turned into “Shii-san”, which then became “Oshi-san”.

Mika: What the heck, so there ain’t no point to it at all… Oshi-san an’ Nazuna-nii just assigned value and significance to somethin’ meaningless.

But to me, inheritin’ that is an honor.

Tomoya-kun. I also don’t like the idea of partin’ with Nazuna-nii without havin’ made things right…

So do as ya like, if that’ll give ya peace of mind.

When I think back on the things Oshi-san did these past few days…

I ki~nda get how Nazuna-nii must’ve been feelin’ when he decided to bow outta Valkyrie.

But that doesn’t change the fact that he’s a traitor, an’ even now, I still resent him for that…

An’ I think there must’ve been a better way to go about what he did. But Nazuna-nii has always been the awkward type, huh?

Despite all that, I still don’t want those clueless people to throw stones at Nazuna-nii an’ shout abuse at him…

I really do think of Nazuna-nii as my older brother, after all.

But that’s exactly why his betrayal made me so miserable that I couldn’t even stand it…

Thinkin’, “Aah, someone I love is throwin’ me away yet again”... It made me so bitter.

I’m sorry, Nazuna-nii… All of this must’ve been so hard on ya, an’ yet, all I did was take my own anger out on ya.

Nazuna: It’s okay, really. I’m the one who should be apologizing.

Back then, my heart just couldn’t take it anymore… But I don’t even have the right to make excuses like that. Feel free to resent me for the rest of my life, I deserve it.

...But what do you mean, “yet again”?

Mika: ...Nnh. I was abandoned in the past, an’ raised in somethin’ like an orphanage.

So to me, havin’ a family is a very special, distant thing; somethin’ that’ll never be within my reach, or so I thought.

But the people from my hometown, an’ my seniors in Valkyrie… They were kind enough t’become my family.

I’d been discarded for bein’ worthless before, but ya treated me like I amounted to somethin’, even if it wasn’t much.

Ya made me the happiest guy in all of Japan. But even though ya gave me so much, I had nothin’ to give back to ya…

So that’s why ya can count me in for this. Do what ya think is best for Nazuna-nii and the rest of ya.

I can’t say no to ya. An’ this time it’s not ‘cause I’m so worthless that I don’t have the right to speak... It’s because I feel the same way ya do.

Tomoya: ...Thank you, Kagehira-senpai.

Ahaha. But even though I talked so big back at the mall, in the end, we couldn’t win against Valkyrie even once…

And now we’re at your mercy, so it’s kind of pathetic in hindsight.

I was hoping we’d win, so we could act all high and mighty and force you to cooperate with us.

Mika: Ngah? Oh right, you did say stuff like that, didn’t ya?

Tomoya: I did. But ultimately, you were the ones who won the first half of RepayFes.

The more matches you win, the later your performance is in the second half of the program… Which means we lost to Valkyrie by a narrow margin.

How vexing. But we’ll have plenty of chances for rematches next year, won’t we?

I want to make you admit complete defeat, at least once! Otherwise, I’ll just be whining like a sore loser forever!

Mika: Ahaha… No matter how many times ya challenge us, Valkyrie won’t lose! We’re unrivaled, the absolute strongest!

Shu: Heh. The format for the first half of RepayFes requires you to run all over campus, so I’ll take it you have yet to see Valkyrie’s performance in full, correct?

It’s not like you had the time for it before.

So pay close attention, and you’ll surely be astonished. We shall give you the opportunity to appreciate true art.

Nazuna: You’re brimming with confidence, huh~. As usual.

But the one who thought up the program for Valkyrie this time was Mika-chi-... Kagehira, right? At least, that’s what I’ve heard~. Are you gonna be okay?

Mika: …”Mika-chin”’s fine, Nazuna-nii.

T’be honest, I’m not that confident in it either… The audience responded real well to it in the first half, though.

Well, I think that was just ‘cause Valkyrie is super popular right now...

Shu: Indeed, that probably played a part in it. But there is no need for self-deprecation, Kagehira.

While I personally may not agree with it…

At Yumenosaki Academy, you are evaluated by the amount of audience members you can satisfy, and the amount of smiles you can bring to people’s faces.

And in that aspect, you have already surpassed me, Kagehira.

Mika: Huuuh? No way, someone like me could never compare to Oshi-san, even if I was reborn a hundred times over~!

I’m completely hopeless, an’ I’m never happy with anythin’ I make.

Shu: That’s just how it should be. Complacency kills the artist… You’d better cultivate an urge to create that’s strong enough so as to be inexhaustible.

As long as you don’t give up on your studies, I will always be by your side.

Now, then… The curtains are being raised once more. Outsiders, go make yourselves scarce.

The time has come for you to bear humble witness to the tragicomedy that Kagehira and I -- Valkyrie — will weave before your very eyes...♪